The Middleweight Division in Mixed Martial Arts refers to different weight classes. The UFC Middleweight Fighters are complete within 171 to 185 lb (77.5 to 84 kg).
Current Middleweight Champion
The current UFC Middleweight Champion is Dricus du Plessis.
Du Plessis became the UFC middleweight champion by defeating Sean Strickland at UFC 297 on January 20, 2024, via a controversial split decision. He defended the title against Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 and against Sean Strickland in a rematch at UFC 312.
Latest Results from UFC Middleweight
| Date | Fight | Method | Round | Result | |
| May 17, 2025 | Dustin Stoltzfus vs. Nursulton Ruziboev | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | Nursulton Ruziboev def. Dustin Stoltzfus |
UFC Middleweight Rankings 2025
| Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight |
| C | Dricus du Plessis | 23–2 | 11 (2 def) | Win | UFC 312 Sean Strickland | UFC 319 Khamzat Chimaev | |
| 1 | Nassourdine Imavov | 16–4(1 NC) | 4 | Win | UFC Fight Night 250 Israel Adesanya | TBD | |
| 2 | Sean Strickland | 29–7 | 0 | Loss | UFC 312 Dricus du Plessis | TBD | |
| 3 | Khamzat Chimaev | 14–0 | 14 | Win | UFC 308 Robert Whittaker | UFC 319 Dricus du Plessis | |
| 4 | Israel Adesanya | 24–5 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 250 Nassourdine Imavov | TBD | |
| 5 | Robert Whittaker | 26–8 | 0 | Loss | UFC 308 Khamzat Chimaev | UFC on ABC 9 Reinier de Ridder | |
| 6 | Caio Borralho | 17–1(1 NC) | 14 | Win | UFC on ESPN 62 Jared Cannonier | TBD | |
| 7 | Jared Cannonier | 18–8 | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 251 Gregory Rodrigues | TBD | |
| 8 | Roman Dolidze | 15–3 | 3 | Win | UFC Fight Night 254 Marvin Vettori | TBD | |
| 9 | Anthony Hernandez | 14–2(1 NC) | 7 | Win | UFC Fight Night 252 Brendan Allen | TBD | |
| 10 | Marvin Vettori | 19–8–1 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 254 Roman Dolidze | UFC 318 Brendan Allen | |
| 11 | Brendan Allen | 24–7 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 252 Anthony Hernandez | UFC 318 Marvin Vettori | |
| 12 | Paulo Costa | 14–4 | 0 | Loss | UFC 302 Sean Strickland | UFC 317 Roman Kopylov | |
| 13 | Reinier de Ridder | 20–2 | 4 | Win | UFC on ESPN 67 Bo Nickal | UFC on ABC 9 Robert Whittaker | |
| 14 | Roman Kopylov | 14–3 | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 249 Chris Curtis | UFC 317 Paulo Costa | |
| 15 | Abusupiyan Magomedov | 28–6–1 | 3 | Win | UFC on ESPN 66 Michel Pereira | TBD |
History of the Middleweight Class
On March 1, 2008, the Pride World Welterweight Championship was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.
Dave Menne and Rich Franklin have held the Middleweight Title, and at UFC 64, Anderson Silva won the title. Silva defended his title against the likes of Nate Marquardt, Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, Patrick Cote, Thales Leites, Demian Maia, Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort, and Yushin Okami while holding onto the belt for a total of 2,457 days, a record for the longest title reign in UFC history. At UFC 162, Chris Weidman defeated Silva to win the Middleweight Title. Weidman's reign ended when Luke Rockhold beat him at UFC 194.
At UFC 199, Michael Bisping won the Middleweight Title and eventually lost it to the returning GSP at UFC 217. As GSP vacated the title due to complications with ulcerative colitis, on December 7, 2017, Robert Whittaker was promoted as the Middleweight Champion, having won the Interim Title at UFC 213.
At UFC 243, the interim Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker to win the undisputed UFC Middleweight Championship.
Adesanya defended his title against Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa at UFC 248 and UFC 253, respectively.
Sean Strickland defeated Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 and became the new UFC middleweight champion. Unfortunately, Strickland's reign didn't last long, as he lost his first title defense against Dricus du Plessis at UFC 297 via a split decision, making du Plessis the new champion.
UFC Weight Divisions
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FAQs On UFC Middleweight Champion
A. Dricus du Plessis is the UFC middleweight champion.
A. Nassourdine Imavov is the No.1 ranked contender in the UFC middleweight division.
A. The UFC middleweight division weighs 171 to 185 lb (77.5 to 84 kg).
A. Select members of the MMA media vote on the official UFC rankings. Their voices are averaged, and the rankings are determined every week.
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